Customer In The News

Collecting coins is this software
consultant’s passion. His collection — spanning three decades —
includes not just coins used across the globe but also special
commemorative ones. He has lost count of the number of coins he has.

The
quantity is matched by quality. Goyal has 62 sets of Republic India
(which focus on developmental issues and leaders like Gandhi and
Netaji), coloured coins from across the globe and coins to commemorate
international women’s year, international children’s year and the first
world science conference in India. The value of the rare coins is over
Rs 40,000 each.

Goyal began collecting coins as a child.
“My father used to get the special collections from the Reserve Bank of
India. That’s how I developed my interest,” he says. He constantly
keeps in touch with fellow collectors and mints to learn about the new
coins in the market.

“I
spend my free time on the Internet, trying to find out about new coins
and exchange extra coins for the ones I don’t have,” says Goyal. His
latest acquisitions are coloured coins in various shapes and sizes. He
has coins from the US shaped like guitars, motorcycles, fishes and
butterflies. “Coloured coins are a rage now but India does not produce
such coins,” he says, showing off his new cat coin collection from the
UK.